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RE: Wiring idea


  • To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
  • Subject: RE: Wiring idea
  • From: "Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2001 16:18:06 +0100
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>
>Having said that, CAT5 is capable of carrying just about everything
else
>except SPEAKER level audio or other High Current/High Voltage signals.
It
>is
>a well specified multipurpose low voltage COMMUNICATIONS  cable.
>
>Keith

Keith, I have got at least one speaker in my house connected by CAT5 cable
-
one of my announcement speakers in the master bedroom. As I had the
foresight to make sure I got loads of cat5 cables in the wall when the
downstairs hall was replastered, I happened to have loads of cat5's coiled
up under the bedroom floor, just waiting to be used...  So when I wanted to
place an announcement speaker there, I pulled one cat5 out of the bundle,
(wished I'd thought to label them all!), twisted up the 8 cores into 2x4
cores, and put a speaker on it.

It's been like that for about 6 months, with no problems whatsoever...

But then it does only ever carry TTS announcements from Homeseer, and there
are only a dozen or so of them each day...

Paul G.

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